Kenya's notoriously caustic tweeters have taken aim at President Uhuru Kenyatta's love for a good ribbon-cutting, mocking his endless unveilings of often bizarrely named projects.

Kenyatta, who is seeking re-election in August, has an active Twitter account which has recently been abuzz with him launching a series of infrastructure projects alongside tweets reminding the country of how much development he has brought.

TWITTERING CLASS

However, his commissioning last week of a footbridge in the coastal region of Mombasa, dubbed the "Buxton Footbridge Non-Motorised Transport Project" was a step too far for Kenyans on the social networking site.

They criticised him and his advisers for publicising such small projects — highlighting that many had been previously launched or commissioned.

The publicity stunt saw the country's twittering class, widely known as Kenyans on Twitter (KOT), launch the hashtag #UhuruChallenge in which they came up with their own projects to be launched or commissioned.

Alongside a picture of a toothpick container tied with a ribbon, one Kenyan wrote: "I have commissioned the multi-million manually propelled dental debris excavator project."

Another posted a picture of a condom tied with a ribbon, declaring he was launching a "virginity eradication programme."

An even more inventive tweeter came up with a "launching kit" of a pair of scissors and a roll of ribbon, while another pictured a pair of flip-flops to commission his "advanced mobility apparatus project."

Others took a more serious tone, pointing to some of the problems plaguing the east African nation.

DOCTORS STRIKE

"When you realise the only thing you ain't launched yet is a spirited fight against corruption," one person wrote.

Others referred to the biting drought in the country, and a strike by public health doctors that has lasted over a month.